Donald Trump has federalized the Washington, D.C. police and deployed National Guard troops to the city. Trump is arguing that the deployment is in response to a crisis in public safety.
Here’s the pattern: Trump says something true, the media calls him a fascist, and when it turns out the country agrees with Trump, they switch to calling it obvious. They did it on the border, they did it on NATO, now they’re doing it on crime, though this time, the elites are… pic.twitter.com/O0MmGNZE4J
— Batya Ungar-Sargon (@bungarsargon) August 12, 2025
